apprehending

English

Verb

apprehending

1. present participle and gerund of apprehend

Noun

apprehending (plural apprehendings)

1. An act by which something is apprehended.
   • 2009, Gilbert Ryle, The Concept of Mind: 60th Anniversary Edition, page 194:

     Sensations then, are not perceivings, observings or findings; they are not detectings, scannings or inspectings; they are not apprehendings, cognisings, intuitings or knowings.